how can I conform a word to the inside of a shape?

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Marvin_Jacksyn
Mar 13, 2007
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I’m trying to design a late 60’s/early 70’s rock concert poster for a band; I can pretty much figure out how to do everything I want to with a lone exception: I can’t get the band’s name to fit precisely inside of a shape.

I uploaded an actual vintage poster to the band server so you (whoever you are) would be able to see an example of what I’m trying to do in case i suck at asking the question. this is the link to the image: <http://scifinmusic.com/BG078-PO.jpg>

So if you look at that poster I wanna do something similar to how the names of the 4 bands fit exactly inside of the circle-ish things, and I would like to learn what ever the technique to do this is so I can apply it again in the future.

Thanks for any help, I appreciate it.
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Michael_D_Sullivan
Mar 13, 2007
The best technique for this is to get out a pencil and paper. The letters in Fillmore posters are not fonts; they are hand-drawn to fit.

The closest you will get to effects like this in Photoshop is to line your text up, center-aligned, in text boxes, rasterize, and then use warp and/or liquify. Here’s an example (using Hobo font; it would have been better with tighter spacing and less leading):

< http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1SOeVCtNrOQrWRSsZb 6yNhKmYcRmmE1>
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clifford_hager
Mar 13, 2007
Well, back in those days we had to use pen and ink, and actual paint brushes (the kind with wooden handles and Sable hair brushes) dipped in paint. And we had to mix the paint in a cup to get the right colors…

Now everybody that has a computer thinks it’s easy…

Just kidding (kinda…)

You really need to use Illustrator or some other vector editing program to do this kind of thing. You can approximate it in Photoshop but PS is a raster editing program with some vector tools, while Illustrator is a vector editing program (with some raster tools)

You don’t use a hammer to drive a screw just because you can.
MJ
Marvin_Jacksyn
Mar 13, 2007
OK, I would use a pencil and a piece of paper but I can’t even draw a good stick figure. I can’t draw to save my life so that’s not really an option.

I just got Illustrator but I don’t know how to use it; would you recommend I ask the same question but post it in the Illustrator forums?
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Phosphor
Mar 13, 2007
I would recommend that you put your insecurities and doubts in your back pocket, get out the paper and pencil and practice.

Seriously.

Find some examples of the style that you like, and practice replicating them.

If you work at training your eye-hand coordination so that you get better at drawing what you see or imagine, it can only be helpful to you, no matter what application you use.
MJ
Marvin_Jacksyn
Mar 13, 2007
Trust me when I say that my artistic talents lie elsewhere; it’s not about being insecure but it is about just not having the knack for it.

I’m gonna pop into the Illustrator forums and post the question in there and see if somebody can point me to a tutorial.

Thanks for the help.
MJ
Marvin_Jacksyn
Mar 13, 2007
I just found out how to do it using the Envelope Distort option in Illustrator. Who knew it could be so frickin’ easy? Anyway, thanks again.

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